Maximum

Course Hours/Week Credits

Course Title Marks
Code
L T P C CA EA Total
POWER PLANT AND ENERGY
718MET04 3 0 0 3 50 50 100
ENGINEERING
OBJECTIVES:
1. To penetrate the various components, operations and applications of different types of
power plants.
2. To gain the knowledge on steam power plants, steam generators their analyses on fuel and
fluidized bed combustion, ash handling systems,
3. To findout the requirements for a Nuclear and hydroelectric Power Plant from sources to
consumption.
4. To describe basic working principles of gas turbine and diesel engine power plants.
5. To gain knowledge in renewable energy and to know various methods for the economics
of power generation.
PRE-REQUISITES: Knowledge of Basic of Civil and Mechanical Engineering is required.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO POWER PLANTS AND BOILERS 9

Layout of Steam, Hydel, Diesel, MHD, Nuclear and Gas turbine Power Plants. Combined
Power cycles - Comparison and selection, Load duration Curves, Steam boilers and cycles - High
pressure and Super Critical Boilers - Fluidised Bed Boilers.
UNIT II STEAM POWER PLANT 9
Fuel and ash handling, Combustion Equipment for burning coal, Mechanical Stokers. Pulveriser,
Electrostatic Precipitator, Draught- Different Types, Surface condenser types, Cooling towers.
UNIT III NUCLEAR AND HYDEL POWER PLANT 9
Basics of Nuclear Engineering- Layout and subsystems of Nuclear power plant- Working of
Nuclear power plants: Boiling water reactor (BWR), Pressurised water reactor (PWR), Canada
Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactor, Gas cooled reactor (GCR), Fast breeder reactor (FBR)-
safety measures for Nuclear power plant.
Basics of hydro electric power generation - Classification, Typical layout of associated
components including selection of turbines and governing of turbines- Micro hydel
development.
UNIT IV DIESEL AND GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS 9
Types of diesel plants, components, Selection of Engine type, applications-Gas turbine power
plant- Fuels- Gas turbine material - Open and Closed cycles- Reheating - Regeneration and
intercooling - Combined cycle.
UNIT V RENEWABLE ENERGY & ECONOMICS OF POWER PLANTS 9
Bio energy, Biomass, Biogas, Sources, Composition, Wind energy, Wind data and energy
estimation, Wind energy conversion system- Geothermal- OTEC- Tidal energy. Power tariff
types- Load distribution parameters- Cost of electric energy- Fixed and operating cost-
Economics of load sharing- Comparison of various power plants.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS